Davida Williams Quotes & Sayings

He underlines the solemn truth that even in the highest religious positions men may degenerate into crass materialists living only for today. Proximity to sacred things does not of itself make a man holy. A sacred office may not give rise to sacred thoughts and a godly life. — Leslie Hardinge

Have you ever thought of death?" "Why should I? It doesn't matter. — W. Somerset Maugham

To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven. — J.C. Ryle

The way I grew up, everyone knew how to cook, sew ... carpentry. — Shea Hembrey

Maybe I will write a memoir, perhaps I'll do some essays, or maybe I will write a mystery story. — David Herbert Donald

Why is a raven like a writing-desk? — Marissa Meyer

Knowing your purpose gives meaning to your life. — Rick Warren

I come from the highest class of all. I am a third-generation celebrity. — Gore Vidal

When you sit down to write, write. Don't do anything else except go to the bathroom, and only do that if it absolutely cannot be put off. — Stephen King

What is your name?" he asked softly.
She winced, knowing what was to come, "Calpurnia." She closed her eyes again, embarrassed by the extravagant name- a name with which no one but a hopelessly romantic mother with an unhealthy obsession with Shakespeare would have considered saddling a child.
"Calpurnia." He tested the name on his tongue. "As in, Caesar's wife?"
The blush flared higher as she nodded.
He smiled. "I must make it a point to better acquaint myself with your parents. That is a bold name, to be sure."
"It's a horrible name."
"Nonsense. Calpurnia was Empress of Rome- strong and beautiful and smarter than the men who surrounded her. She saw the future, stood strong in the face of her husband's assassination. She is a marvelous namesake. — Sarah MacLean

Like no longer having something could be a good thing, and the proof of it as well. I was used to the opposite, when absence equaled heartbreak. — Sarah Dessen

Definitely 99% of the hate I get is from other gay people. — Steve Grand

Addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts. — Saki

Americans have a healthy stupidity. That lack of sophistication is a secret superpower, — Paul Budnitz

But the Grateful Dead, as the fanatic fans point out, are a way of life: someone else's. Twentieth-century teenagers, especially American ones, have been brilliant at creating their own culture, their own music, clothes, and point(s) of view. It's sad and fraudulent that the kind of wholesale worship of some historical way of life has settled over so many young people, infecting them like a noxious gas ... I love the dead
grew up in the thrall of Shakespeare and Hank Williams and James Dean. And I adore the Rolling Stones. But there's a difference between cherishing "Satisfaction" and wearing Keith Richards' hair while doing Keith Richards' drugs. I don't want to be Keith Richards. I wanna be me. Not
like the neo-Deadheads
just another extra in an overblown costume drama about something that wasn't that interesting the first time around. — Sarah Vowell